Spectral characterization, radiative forcing and pigment content of coastal Antarctic snow algae: approaches to spectrally discriminate red and green communities and their impact on snowmelt

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. L. Khan, H. M. Dierssen, T. A. Scambos, J. Höfer, R. R. Cordero
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: envir; geo; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-133-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/133/2021/tc-15-133-2021.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/7413855ef40d4a11a47e3e6f260012f2

Here, we present radiative forcing (RF) estimates by snow algae in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) region from multi-year measurements of solar radiation and ground-based hyperspectral characterization of red and green snow algae collected during a brief field expedition in austral summer 2018. Our ana...